Illegal firearms can be handed in at North Wales police stations under a gun amnesty which begins next week.

North Wales Police are backing the national two-week campaign, which begins on Monday and will allow anyone with an unlicensed weapon or ammunition to hand them in without penalty at one of eight stations across the region.

Detective Superintendent Steve Williams of North Wales Police said: “Given the largely rural setting of our area, it may well be that people hold unlicensed firearms that have been handed down to them from relatives for example.